(If you missed the first two parts of the big Disney series, you can read about when to go here and about staying on property vs. off here). Basically, I’m writing a series this summer with tips that folks planning their first (or first with kids) Disney trips might find useful. Before I get into tips on making traveling with … Continue reading
If you missed the first entry in this series on what time of year is best for your trip, check it out here. Not so very long ago, in this very blog, I said that I strongly preferred staying on property at Disney World because it’s more magical. I’m ready to say now, after our second try staying off property, … Continue reading
Five months sounds SO big; so much older than four months. Sniff, sniff. And this past month seemed to fly by, probably partly because we were out of town for a week of it. Another rainy 17th to make photography challenging. I took a million or so pictures, but the vast majority were out of focus, owing both to the … Continue reading
What I really want to do with my life–what I want to do for a living–is I want to be at Disney World. I’m good at it. Not really. I am misquoting Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything there. It turns out that being at Disney World is an even less realistic career goal than kickboxing. But I do love Disney … Continue reading
There are millions of examples of such summer bucket lists out there, and they seem like a nice thing and all, so the kids and I decided to make one one day. “Let’s make it pretty so that I can blog about it!” I said. We did our best. We all came up with ideas for awhile first. Then Ari … Continue reading
(I know posts have been in short supply this week. Week before finals, so things have been crazy for Dave, which means I’ve been holding a baby even more than usual….things should calm down soon. I have biggish weekend plans!) So I woke up this morning, and I suddenly had a four month old! He’s worked hard this past month … Continue reading
Every time I sit down to write this post, I…..don’t do it. I have no idea why. It may be because it requires pulling pictures off of my phone, and I hate doing that. But not for any particular reason. So anyway, if you’re reading this, I actually managed to write the whole thing this time. Yay! The thing about … Continue reading
A few disclaimers and notes first. I certainly don’t claim this list is definitive, and, in fact, I hope you guys will chime in with additions for me to check out. And there are plenty of close runners-up that I’m leaving out. And I’m sure I’m forgetting some that I would have put in if I’d only remembered them. And … Continue reading
It’s a little bit incredible how big this baby is getting. He’s chubby and delicious. He goes to bed by 7:30 every night, and doesn’t wake up until at least 4 or 5 most mornings (and then goes back to sleep after nursing). He almost never takes naps longer than half an hour or so. He loves books, and kicks … Continue reading
One might think, based on my posts from the last few months, that the only thing we ever do during Dave’s breaks is go to aquariums. But it is merely a coincidence! Still, since it just so happens that we’ve visited two localish aquariums recently, I thought I’d do a post comparing the two instead of just more pictures of … Continue reading